【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 ）Who would probably show the greatest interest in the passage? A.Those who are worried about getting old.B.Those who are single and unemployed.C.Those who feel unhappy all the time.D.Those who suffer from mental stress.（2）When may people have the highest level of stress? A.At the age of 20.B.At the age of 25.C.At the age of 35.D.At the age of 40.（3）According to Arthur Stone39。s idea, old people may . A.control their behaviors betterB.know how to spend money wiselyC.dream about good things every dayD.have a positive attitude towards their life（4）What would be the best title for this passage? A.The Younger, the HappierB.The Young Are Happier than the OldC.Getting Older Means Getting HappierD.Women Are Easier to Be Happy in Life【答案】 （1）A（2）B（3）D（4）C 【解析】【分析】文章大意：重點介紹的是老年人的幸福感問題，作者通過一個調(diào)查研究告訴我們隨著年齡的增長，人們的幸福感會越來越強。 （1）細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中的語句But recent findings offer good news for older people and for people worried about getting older. 理解可知，對于老年人來說，或是擔(dān)心年齡增長的人來說是個好消息，所以他們會感興趣，故選A。 （2）細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中第三段His team found that levels of stress were highest among adults between the ages of 24 and ，24與25的年輕人的壓力最大，故選B。 （3）細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中語句as people grow older, they grow more thankful for what they have and have better control of their feelings. So they spend less time thinking about bad ，隨著年齡的增長，人們的幸福感越來越強，對生活的態(tài)度越來越積極。故選D。 （4）標(biāo)題理解歸納題。通讀全文可知，這篇短文的中心就是越老生活越滿足，幸福指數(shù)越高，變老意味著變得更幸福。故選C。 【點評】本文淺顯易懂，層次分明，很容易把握文章中心內(nèi)容。答題中注意帶著問題閱讀短文，一般就能順利找出答題依據(jù)。對于不能直接找到根據(jù)的問題注意聯(lián)系上下文，根據(jù)短文中心總結(jié)出正確答案。5．閱讀理解 In order to tell you what I believe, I must bring up something from my personal history. The turning point of my life was my decision to give up my business job and study music. My parents, although sharing my love of music, didn39。t think it was a good choice that I took up music as a job. Considering my family background, this was understandable. My grandfather had taught music for nearly forty years at Spring Hill College in Mobile, and though he was much loved by his students, he didn39。t earn（掙錢） enough to provide for his large family. As a result of this example in the family, my parents strongly asked me to go to the college instead of a conservatory（音樂學(xué)院） of music although I loved my violin and spent most of my spare time practicing. Before my graduation from Columbia, the family ran into some money problems and I felt it was my duty to leave college and take a job. That was why I took a business job, which I always think of as the wasted years. I went into it for money, for being able to help the family. Money is all I go out of it. It was not enough. I felt that life was passing me by. My wish was to save enough to quit（退出）and then go to Europe to study music. I continued to make money, and finally, bit by bit, I earned enough to make myself able to go abroad. The family got out of the trouble and ▲ . I felt like a free man and sailed for Europe. I stayed for four years, worked harder than I had ever dreamed of working and enjoyed every minute of it. Enjoyed is too soft a word. I walked on air. I really lived. When I broke away from business, it was against the advice of all my friends and family, but if I had stayed in business, I do not believe I would have made a success of living.（1）The writer presented his grandpa39。s example in order to . A.show how much his grandpa was loved by his studentsB.tell to be a musician wasn39。t a good choice for the writerC.explain why his parents disagreed him to take up music as a jobD.thank his parents39。 support for studying in the conservatory of music（2）How did the writer feel when he was taking his business job? A.Successful.B.Shameful.C.Hopeful.D.Painful.（3）Which of the following can best fill in the blank in Paragraph 4? A.my point was that business was not for me.B.my help was no longer necessary.C.I earned so much to support my family.D.I got up early to practice the violin.（4）From the underlined sentence I walked on air, it can be inferred that the writer . A.couldn39。t find his place in a new environmentB.couldn39。t make a success of livingC.felt free because he was doing what he lovedD.felt pity for beginning a new life【答案】 （1）C（2）D（3）B（4）C 【解析】【分析】文章大意：文章通過爺爺?shù)墓适赂嬖V我們?yōu)樯端母改阜磳λ麖氖乱魳饭ぷ?，到后來真正的做了自己喜歡做的事。 （1）推理判斷題 My grandfather had taught music for nearly forty years at Spring Hill College in Mobile, and though he was much loved by his students, he didn39。t earn（掙錢） enough to provide for his large family. 可知，作者引用他爺爺?shù)睦邮莵砀嬖V我們從事音樂工作掙不到錢，不能夠養(yǎng)家，從而說明他的父母不同意他從事音樂事業(yè)。故答案是C。 （2）推理判斷題，根據(jù)That was why I took a business job, which I always think of as the wasted years.作者經(jīng)商的目的是為了幫助家人，但是對于他而言，他認(rèn)為是浪費時間，因此可以推測他是痛苦的。故答案是D。 （3）信息匹配題，根據(jù) The family got out of the trouble 可知，他的家人已經(jīng)走出了困境。一開始我們就知道作者經(jīng)商的目的是為了幫助家人，既然家人已經(jīng)走出了困境，那么他的幫助也不再必要了。故答案是B。 （4）推理判斷題，根據(jù) I felt like a free man and sailed for Europe. I stayed for four years, worked harder than I had ever dreamed of working and enjoyed every minute of it. 可知，作者向往自由，而I walked on air直譯為在空中行走，沒有牽掛，沒有認(rèn)可阻攔，因此這一句話的目的是他已經(jīng)感受到了自由，這樣就可以做自己喜歡做的事。故答案是C。 【點評】考查閱讀理解，本題主要涉及到了推理判斷題，推理判斷題相對來說是一種比較難以掌握的題型，除了要充分理解，還必須要進行合理的推理論證在能夠得到正確答案，而信息匹配題則需要先理解選項的意思，然后根據(jù)空缺處前后句的邏輯關(guān)系去取舍，最終確定答案。 6．閱讀短文，從下面每小題的A、B、C、D四個選項中選出最佳答案。 A man sees a butterfly. The butterfly tries to get out of its chrysalis （蛹）. Feeling sorry for it, the man decides to help. He cuts the chrysalis and the butterfly es out easily. Surprisingly enough, the butterfly is unable to fly. If the butterfly doesn39。t struggle （奮斗） to leave the chrysalis, it can39。t fly! The struggle develops the energy in the butterfly which makes it fly. Similarly, the challenges of life bring out the best in young people and make them fly. When people are young, meeting and overing challenges will make them strong and ready to face life. When we 1oюk at successful people, we see that the most successful of them are people who have had to struggle. One famous businessman, who now owns many big supermarkets, used to carry clothes on his back and sell them from door to door when he was young. Another successful man is Dennis. His father died when he was on